The S-Classes That I Raised

Chapter 570: Mud

S-Rank Hunter Alan Harrison couldn’t hide his bewilderment. This was the most helpless he had felt since his Awakening. The chat window of his personal broadcast, which he had confidently turned on, was buzzing with noise.

└Forfeit! 😀

└There’s no answer but to forfeit haha

└LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL Is he crazy

└Peace, I love you!!!!!!!!!

The small monster in front of Alan tilted its head. His opponent was none other than the monster mount, Peace.

└I heard he filled out a questionnaire? What on earth did he write

└Embarrassing if he wins, embarrassing if he loses

└2n-year-old S-Rank Hunter fights and wins against a 6-month-old monster

└Is Peace 6 months old?

└It hasn’t been revealed exactly, but definitely less than a year

– Kkiang.

Peace cried out adorably. The chat window exploded. Peace, too, had his personal broadcast turned on, just as Han Yujin and Han Yuhyun had requested.

“No, this is…”

He opened his mouth to make an excuse, but Alan stuttered, unable to continue easily.

“I-I definitely didn’t write this on the questionnaire!”

└Raise your hand if you believe him!

└If not the questionnaire, then his honest inner thoughts????

└Wow □□□□□□□□□□□□□

└Forfeit Forfeit Forfeit Forfeit!

Peace spun around on the spot. The chat window was filled with cheers. Although he couldn’t read and understand the text, Peace knew the advantage his appearance held. Even Han Yujin would say he was dying of cuteness and adore him whenever Peace made gestures like this.

Most humans like baby animals. And even if it’s a different species, they are reluctant to harm the young.

– Kkyaang.

Round golden eyes looked up at Alan. Alan flinched and stepped back.

└Don’t tell me he’s going to attack

└He’s so cute!!!!! Peace is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!

└Cute, right? Huh? He’s cute, right, Hunter Harrison!

“W-Well… he is cute, but.”

Not cute. Alan didn’t like the small monster mount in front of him. Honestly, it was annoying. He couldn’t understand what was so cute about that red cat that everyone was making a fuss about. If it’s an S-Rank monster mount, it should act like one, not shrink down and act cute to F-Ranks.

So, if it weren’t for the broadcast, he would have launched a refreshing barrage of attacks, but the broadcast was the problem. If he attacked Peace here and now, his image would surely hit rock bottom and then dig straight into the underground. Alan let out a huge sigh.

“Of course, I can’t attack…”

└If you’re human, you can’t!

└Please pet Peace just once! Peace, do a ‘kkiang’!

└Paws! Rub his belly! If you show Peace’s paws, I’ll be a fixed viewer until the party ends!

“Well, then.”

Alan knelt on one knee and bent down. He had already seen Seong Hyunjae receiving gold coins for being number one in viewership. So, there was no harm in listening to the viewers to some extent.

“Here, Peace.”

– Kreung.

Peace wagged his tail gently. He didn’t look dangerous. Rather, he felt friendly.

“Good boy.”

With a purring sound, Peace circled around Alan. His tail was still wagging adorably. Objectively, he was cute. At that moment when Alan completely let his guard down.

Crunch!

└Gasp

└Wow mosaic

└The Hunter was in the wrong

└As expected of Peace, the cop killer

[Peace Victory]

Peace slipped out through the door that appeared with light steps.

The wind blew. Countless blades of grass bowed in unison. Amidst the ceaseless rustling, Moon Hyunah swept back her disheveled hair.

“Isn’t this questionnaire a sham? I wrote down Liette as the opponent I wanted to fight, but why did someone I didn’t even write down pop out?”

“That’s hurtful.”

Eyes behind glasses smiled brightly. Moon Hyunah tapped the ground lightly with one foot, as if kicking it.

“I wanted to have a proper fight, whether in human form or dragon form. Since there’s no need to risk our lives here.”

Given Moon Hyunah’s combat style, Liette was quite a coveted sparring partner. However, considering Liette’s personality, fighting in reality would likely result in significant damage. As the Guild Leader of Breaker, she wasn’t in a situation where she could recklessly throw her body around, so even with a large dragonkin nearby, she could only smack her lips in anticipation.

Moon Hyunah’s gaze turned toward the floating message window.

“Forget the broadcast. Though I doubt there are many people who would turn on the broadcast this time anyway.”

Whirrr, a rope coiled around her thick forearm. Moon Hyunah took out a steel wire instead of her usual giant spear. Against her opponent, Evelyn, the giant spear was a weapon of low efficiency.

“Let’s end this appropriately.”

“Isn’t that too stiff?”

Instead of answering, strength went into Moon Hyunah’s toes. A long, slender spear was gripped in her outstretched fingertips instead of the giant spear, and simultaneously, Evelyn leaped high. Just before Moon Hyunah rushed in, Evelyn used an item.

Gurgle.

Moisture bubbled up from the dry, grassy ground. Moon Hyunah’s foot, which had stepped forward, squelch, sank into the mud. A partial terrain change item. It merely created a small swamp, but it was effective against opponents without flight-type skills.

Although Evelyn also lacked flight skills. While floating her body in the air, Evelyn took out a small glass bottle. Eggs from inside the glass bottle were scattered over the damp swamp.

Flutter–

Hundreds of butterflies hatched all at once. They were dungeon creatures that were born immediately upon contact with moisture. Evelyn’s feet lightly stepped on the dizzyingly flying butterflies. An ordinary person would have plummeted straight down. But Evelyn walked in the air, stepping on the butterflies.

A special movement skill. Even if they were very small and fragile, as long as she could step on them, it was no different from flat ground for Evelyn. A sachet attracting the butterflies was tied to her ankle, swaying.

“Are they matching us with tricky opponents on purpose?”

Muttering to herself, Moon Hyunah lifted her foot that was squelching and sinking. Moon Hyunah’s movement skills and attack skills were advantageous in environments with solid ground. Also, her main attack style was suitable for crushing large and sturdy opponents. Relatively speaking, her speed was on the slower side.

But now, the situation was the opposite. If there were a teammate to compensate for Moon Hyunah’s weaknesses, it would be a different story, but she was alone here.

In the meantime, Evelyn walked higher into the air. The swarm of butterflies supported Evelyn’s feet, taking her to a place where Moon Hyunah’s spear would have difficulty reaching. Leisurely, a bow was held in her white hand. Moon Hyunah’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

“You’re more aggressive than I thought. Were you waiting for this?”

“Who knows.”

An arrow was taken out of her inventory and, tap, touched the bow.

“What’s certain is that I still like you. Just like I said back then.”

“I thought you hated the type that goes around taking care of others?”

Evelyn smiled. Creak, the bowstring was pulled. Strength went into Moon Hyunah’s legs as she watched.

“I like good-natured people. Why wouldn’t I? Thanks to them, people like me get to be comfortable.”

“What?”

“Kind people spend their money, time, and effort to make the world a better place to live. So shouldn’t we at least give them some goodwill? You’re kind, you’re amazing, you’re wonderful.”

Ping–!

The arrow was fired. With her legs nailed into the mud, Moon Hyunah swung her spear. The tip of the slender arrow hit the spear shaft precisely, like threading a needle. Just like that, clang! She struck the arrow away.

Clap, clap, clap. The sound of applause was heard. It was Evelyn.

“You have to give praise. Occasionally, I see people who are jealous of and curse at those doing good deeds, which is really stupid. They are taking losses for our sake. Without any compensation, just for the single word ‘goodwill’. That’s why every society tries to uplift good-natured people.”

A second arrow was nocked.

“Because that’s beneficial. Doing service and donating just by giving a little praise.”

Even if one says, ‘I didn’t receive anything directly,’ as long as one lives belonging to a society, indirect benefits are inevitable. Even simply picking up trash reduces social costs.

Piiing, and clang! The second arrow flew, and the second arrow was struck away. Moon Hyunah spun her spear. The ground was still damp and wet. These terrain change items didn’t last very long. Depending on the grade, they could last more than a day, but if short, they could disappear in a few minutes to a dozen minutes.

“Considering you say that.”

Moon Hyunah’s arm was thrown back wide. Instead of throwing the spear, she scraped the muddy swamp in front of her strongly. Swoosh! A pile of mud scattered like a wave. At the pile of dirt covering the swarm of butterflies, Evelyn quickly changed the type of arrow without panicking. Then, she fired the bow in an instant.

Boom–!

The moment the fired arrow tip collided with the mud pile, heat spread out. The dirt pile hardened and faltered, and the swarm of butterflies, startled, retreated backward. Evelyn also leaped lightly, dodging the dirt pile with the butterflies, and simultaneously drew a new arrow. And then, just like that.

Bang!

She fired the bow downwards. Mud splashed up, and again, two shots, three shots, four shots! She fired arrows around her at a speed as fast as reloading a gun, not a bow. One of them.

Clang!

Hit the spear and bounced off. It was Moon Hyunah. In that short moment when her vision was blocked by the mud pile, she had reached near Evelyn in an instant and clicked her tongue, tsk.

“Quick on the uptake.”

“It wouldn’t have been easy to move this fast.”

Evelyn stepped backward in the air. The butterflies fluttered, following the sachet. Moon Hyunah roughly wiped her mud-covered face with her hand.

“Trade secret.”

“That’s disappointing, given our relationship.”

“What relationship do we have?”

“Shall we say it’s my unrequited love?”

“Bullshit.”

Evelyn aimed her bow at Moon Hyunah again. Moon Hyunah lifted her spear. As if trying to block the arrow, she suddenly—whoosh!—swung and pulled it strongly like a fishing rod. Immediately after.

“…!”

Swoosh! A spear flew in from behind Evelyn’s back. Twin Hawk Spears. One of the pair of spears had been thrown to the opposite side beforehand and was drawn by the call of its mate.

Crackle, pop!

Butterflies were torn to shreds by the spear tip fiercely cutting through the air. Evelyn’s body twisted greatly, and the spear blade grazed her arm precariously. Just as she seemed about to fall, Evelyn, who had cleverly regained her balance and stood, saw Moon Hyunah approaching right below her.

Moon Hyunah laughed fiercely. In her hand, a thick giant spear was held instead of the slender Hawk Spear. Whirrr, wind gathered at the spear tip. There was no way to block that. Evelyn bit her lip slightly. Vroom, the air vibrated, and the moment Evelyn abandoned the butterfly swarm and leaped up.

Rumble–!

A storm arose. Following the thrust spear, a terrifying wind swept away the swarm of butterflies, and as the ear-splitting sound subsided.

Flutter, flutter.

Only a few torn wings fell onto the ground. Hundreds of butterflies had disappeared in an instant. Below that, the swamp had been dug up in a long strip, revealing dry ground. Mud-covered feet stepped onto the bare earth. Evelyn landed lightly at the end of the dry land that stretched out like a wide road.

“Now, let’s properly–.”

“I forfeit.”

Evelyn said calmly, raising one hand slightly. Moon Hyunah’s eyes widened. Then she frowned as if she really hated it.

“This is why getting involved with you is annoying!”

[Moon Hyunah Victory]

As the victory and defeat were decided, a door leading outside appeared. Evelyn adjusted her torn clothes.

“There’s no need for me to continue a fight I can’t win.”

“Do you see the future or something?”

Moon Hyunah looked at Evelyn with cool eyes.

“Even if defeat is predetermined, there are times when grabbing each other by the collar and rolling in the mud until the end is enough in itself.”

“Not for me.”

“…Even if you say you like them, you mean you don’t want to get involved. In the end.”

The spear disappeared. Moon Hyunah turned her gaze away from Evelyn and roughly brushed off the hardening mud on her body.

“Forget it. Keep clapping from far away like that, Hunter Miller.”

“Are you angry?”

“Ah, there’s nothing to be angry about. You say we live in different worlds, so what can I do.”

Moon Hyunah waved her hand dismissively and went out the door. Left alone, Evelyn looked at the ground where the moisture was disappearing.

I like good-natured people. There was not a single lie in those words. But such good people only look beautiful, cool, and amazing when they are far away. If they are close, by one’s side. And.

“If they even become special, what could be more annoying and bothersome than that?”

Those who care for others should be unrelated strangers. Seeing someone you cherish and find precious whittle themselves down for others is a creepily unpleasant sight.

But at the same time, she liked them because they were such people. That mud-covered appearance. Evelyn smiled slowly. The sound of the mud completely drying up and the ground cracking crunch, crunch was heard.

Thud.

Han Yujin, who was pinned to the floor, bent his knee and kicked up the body pressing down on him. The first impact was absorbed by Grace. But the second lacked force, so it only made Han Yujin stumble. His hand slipped slightly. Coughing and fumbling on the floor, his hand grasped a gun.

Bang!

The missed magic bullet shattered the ceiling light. Glass shards poured down, and everything went pitch black. Han Yujin struggled, trying to escape. In the darkness, Han Yujin’s hand grabbed Han Yujin and hung on. Scratching and grasping the neck, he pinned him down with difficulty.

Han Yujin’s lips moved. Han Yujin tried not to look. Even so, a thin voice that couldn’t become a sound pierced his ears. Even without looking, even without listening, he could know. Because it was Han Yujin.

Save me.